Dani Pudi plays the character on “Community” who provides most of the show’s self-referential meta humor. So it makes sense that Abed is responsible for a stop-motion animated episode in the tradition of the Rankin Bass specials.

Donald Glover did not succeed in his campaign to become the first black Spider-Man. Andrew Garfield will keep Spidey Caucasian, but Glover&rsquo;s still getting some digs in. He opened the new season of &ldquo;Community&rdquo; dressed in Spider-Man pajamas. It was more for the Black Spidey movement than for Glover himself.

&ldquo;It&rsquo;s weird, I feel like a lot of people were connected to that more so than I was which was interesting,&rdquo; Glover said in a conference call today. &ldquo;It felt like the war veteran who had his leg shot off and then he got a new leg and walks up to the podium and people are teary eyed. And people are like, &lsquo;He did it anyway.&rsquo; I&rsquo;m like, it&rsquo;s not that big a deal. This happened during the summer, let&rsquo;s make a nod to it. It was fun to do it. Was the costume cool? It was pajamas. Pajamas that were tailored to me.&rdquo;
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"Community" creator Dan Harmon's Christmas wish just came true. No, not a third season, stupid. He gets to live his dream of creating an entirely animated episode of his sitcom. This season's Christmas episode of "Community" will be created in the pain-staking stop motion style of the Rankin/Bass animated specials we all grew up on. Harmon recounts how this opportunity presented itself.
&ldquo;It&rsquo;s something that I&rsquo;ve always wanted to do but, I never anticipated having the ability to do it,&rdquo; he admits. But &ldquo;Jeff Gaspin at NBC woke up one morning and thought "Community" should do an animated episode. I was like, &lsquo;Well, that&rsquo;s weird, because that&rsquo;s the kind of stuff I&rsquo;m usually suggesting and guys like him veto.&rsquo;&rdquo;
Sounds awesome. Early buzz already has this (and the Halloween episode) topping last season's Paintball Episode. Sure, it will strain a few animators' eyes and backs, but I feel like it's worth it. Dibs on the Gillian Jacobs doll! (EW)